It should also be noted that they were known for their amazing photography.
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I was just thinking of a non-USA, non-English speaking observer trying to fathom the depths of tawdriness of the Reno strip. I don't think you can really appreciate that reference until you've smelled Reno.
^Phyllis, I agree with you and that's consistent with the interpretation on the Follies website (not saying that that makes it definitive - just stating that it supports our position.)
Referring to Reno the city and not Reno as a person also makes sense because it parallels the next line about Beverly Hills. It would be quite odd to say that she was cast as Reno (or perhaps saw the show - not sure which interpretation you were aiming for) and then immediately follow that up by saying she's been through Beverly Hills.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
See Phyllis I always saw it more as "I've been through Reno (a godforsaken hell hole where I played three shows a night singing Harold Arlen songs to people playing penny slots), I've been through Beverly Hills ( Where I bought a beautiful house with a pool when I had that TV show).
But that might relate more to my personal experiences than Carlota.
"When I pulled my hamstring I went to a misogynist." ~ Brittany S. Pierce
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
The Pinter reference is so spot on. A "trendy" playwright who people praised but wrote plays that no one could understand.
Sidebar: when Deb Monk would sing the Pinter line there was a Pinter play which totally fit the bill playing next door at the old Laura Pels (who was like an European Lady who lunched herself). And if you sat thru MOONLIGHT, you could hear the opening number of COMPANY coming thru the cheap walls.
"beebe's bathysphere". I had the great fortune, back in 2001, of having Steve S explain this lyric to me in the skanky basement of the Belasco, between shows during previews of the Follies revival. He was fast asleep on a hideous old prop chair next to that telephone booth nr the men's room. He woke up as I passed by, I said hello - we chatted. Real story - I found it really hard to listen to him, 'cause he has these crazy facial tics, and he was very disheveled. I love how he doesn't give a **** about clothing! Anyway, his dad took him to the NY World's Fair when he was about 10, saw the bathyphere, was fascinated, and, of course!? remembered this 25-30 yrs later for a lyric. Just like Steve!!!
Perfect Classic Sondheim Anecdote. Did he wake up, deliver a pearl of wisdom, and then go right back to sleep? Like a character in a contemporary Alice in Wonderland...